Owens said he doesn’t have the words at the moment to express the emotions, but asked for prayers for his deputies.
Hours after the SWAT teams responded, the suspects were taken into custody around 12:15 a.m. Channel 2 crews were also outside Wellstar Kennestone Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital where the deputies were taken. We will release additional information, including the names of the fallen deputies, as it becomes available.- Cobb County Sheriff’s Office September 9, 2022Ĭhannel 2 Action News crews on the scene watched as multiple jurisdictions responded to the house where the deputies were ambushed. Two deputies died tonight in the line of duty while serving a warrant. The two deputies, Owens said, had both been with the sheriff’s office for more than five years. No additional charges have been brought against Cook, but the sheriff’s office said the investigation is ongoing. Golden has been charged with three counts of felony murder and three counts of aggravated assault of an officer. The deputies fired back, but both were shot and killed. As they were attempting to take him into custody, Golden started shooting at officers from inside the home.
The sheriff’s office clarified Friday that the deputies were at the Marietta home to arrest Cook on an outstanding warrant for felony theft by receiving.
“The two suspects we believe are the perpetrators of this crime are currently in custody and are being held at the Cobb County Police Department for questioning.” “What I can tell you in this moment is this - in plain terms it is simple, my two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Owens said. Investigators identified the deputies as Jonathan Koleski and Marshall Ervin, Jr. All rights reserved.The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office and the Cobb County Police Department held a joint press conference immediately following the first appearance. “We will release additional information, including the names of the fallen deputies, as it becomes available,” the office added.Ĭopyright © 2022, ABC Audio. “Two deputies died tonight in the line of duty while serving a warrant,” the sheriff’s office tweeted. The suspects were taken into custody just after midnight, according to Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV. The warrant was being served for failure to appear by theft of deception, the sheriff said.Įarlier in the evening, authorities had said a suspect was barricaded in the home where the warrant was being served. The deputies were shot after exiting their vehicles, Owens said, with one person opening fire from inside the house and another from a nearby car. “What I can tell you in this moment is this - in plain terms, it is simple, my two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Owens said. Owens said at a press conference late Thursday that the two were “ambushed” when they went to deliver the warrant. (COBB COUNTY, Ga.) - Two Cobb County sheriff’s deputies in Georgia have been killed while serving a warrant, officials said Thursday night.Ĭobb County Sheriff Craig D.
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